Third Coast Old Ale | Bell's Brewery, Inc.

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From Bell's website:
"Third Coast Old Ale is a cellerable American-style barleywine that has notes of dried fruit and caramel embedded in a rich malt background that will grow more complex over time."

F: Mild alcohol burn. Light carbonation that tickles. Thicker body than I remember - part of the evolution?

O: Remains a great beer. Don't think my opinion has changed. I don't feel like there are many differences. But, it still tastes world class. Each year I buy a sixer and have one that I've cellared for a while. Maybe I should have had a junior first...

A- Murky dark orange with almost no head. Lots of little particles of who knows what floating around in there.
S- Smells extremely sugary. Lots and lots of caramel smells. Dark fruits and molasses.
T- Whew, its like drinking caramel but in a good way. Lots of earthy malts and nut flavors that somewhat remind me of a brown. Alcohol, but not too much. Lots of complex caramels that are different with every sip. Dark fruits like figs are ever present in here. No hop character but good bitterness.
M- This is a pretty big and heavy beer but not as bad as I was expecting. Very warming but at 10.2%, i figured as much. Not too hard to get down and no bad sticky mouth. pleasant aftertaste.
O- A really good beer and im glad I finally got around to trying a barley wine. Pretty impressed.